Ofcom have been busy recently and on Saturday here in London, it looks like they have removed some of the pirates:

91.8 Demradyo is missing
95.1 Origin UK is missing (it was on Saturday so Ofcom are working on Sundays!!!!)
96.1 S-Dance is missing
96.4 Surprise Radio ? (if that's what it was, is missing, possible interference to Eagle in Guildford)
96.5 Kurdi FM is missing
97.1 LSR were taken off air recently but they are back.
98.1 Mystic is back on after months of being off air (they may not last long if they are causing interference to Phoenix in Brentwood)
100.3 House FM has gone again (regular Ocom target recently)
103.2 Insanity Radio off air (probably interfering with LGR on 103.3
104.2 Play FM (Turkish Pirate) (possibly causing Resonance FM problems on 104.4)
106.5 Project Radio off air again
108.0 Freek FM off after running a blank carrier since last targeted by Ofcom

Note: I have moved my aerials since I last did a pirate band scan so there may be some slight inaccuracies.

Hi Nick, I can just about hear Kane (checked it with their stream) but it's mixing with something else, it could be Funky SX from Southend as my aerials favour this direction rather than Guildford... the frequency is a bit of a mess here so there may also be a weak pirate on the channel.

I believe Pulse 88 is in West London, it's a good signal here but again West is not a good direction for me. Ofcom have been taking Pulse off quite a lot recently but they are soon back on air.

Thanks. I'd forgotten about Funky SX. I'd imagine that could sound similar to some pirates as well.

This reminds me, have you heard any drum & bass pirates on 90.4 recently? A few days ago during short-range tropo in the evening I heard ragga-style jungle/DnB with MCing on this channel. There's nothing listed on the excellent Transmission Zero website.

No chance of receiving Origin FM on 95.1 FM then if there is a strong tropo opening from London. Used to be a regular here along with a few other pirates.

I don't see Kool FM on the active list. Are they still on, or how long have they been off air?

OFCOM raids are a waste of time nowadays imo, given that in this modern era it is much easier for pirate stations especially the London ones to bounce back since broadcasting equipment is cheaper & more widely available than years ago. I remember when I was living in London in the mid 90s & 1995 was a very quiet year for pirates vs 1994 which had much more activity. I would say back then they were more successful in what they did, but in the late 90s the pirates came back stronger than ever & the scene has maintained its strength ever since no matter the crackdowns in between.

Yes Tim, Whoa is still on 90.4... their stream has been down for sometime, if you do a search for Whoa there appears to be another station with the same name but the stream doesn't match the Whoa on 90.4 - this stream is not the same as 90.4 http://www.liveonlineradio.net/uk/whoa-fm.htm so be careful trying to id the station.

Nick, yes that is Cyndicut on 90.6 with the white noise and the intermittent noise, it looks like the link is down from the studio and something is causing intermittent interference on the link frequency.

I have a bit of a grudge against the pirates for clogging up the frequencies as they always jump on the clearest frequency, this means that they block many continental stations.
The only pirate station that I listen too on the odd occasion is Back2Back FM on 88.6, they also have a good variety of music with some soul and jazz. It's one of the strongest stations that I get, but it's co-channel with R2 Bow Brick Hill so you may have problems receiving it at your location.

No chance of receiving Origin FM on 95.1 FM then if there is a strong tropo opening from London. Used to be a regular here along with a few other pirates.

Origin FM on 95.1 have been off the air for a few weeks now, there was a blank carrier running on the frequency last week but that has disappeared (possibly Ofcom again).

I haven't logged Kool FM for sometime, so may be they have closed down in hope of getting a community licence - who knows.

Ofcom don't bother to prosecute the pirates unless they are caught red handed. Most of the pirates have an internet stream these days, so the excuse now is to say that someone must have installed a transmitter and are relaying their stream. Ofcom can't prove otherwise so it's not worth the trouble of taking the pirates to court.

There was a time in the late 90's when stations only came on the air in the evenings and at weekends, they knew that Ofcom would take them off if they tried to broadcast 24/7.
With all the cutbacks Ofcom don't appear to have the manpower to do this nowadays.